Question

In a population of white (W) and black (w) sheep, 22 out of 244 sheep are black. What is the frequency of the dominant allele in the population?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

To calculate the allele frequency in the population, we divide the number of occurrences of the particular allele by total number of all alleles in the population Allele frequencies can be represented as a decimal, a percentage, or a fraction.

Given the population of white (W) and black (w) sheep, 22 out of 244 sheep are black, the frequency of the dominant allele in the population = 222/244×100=